A new genus and two new species of Menoponidae (Insecta:Mallophaga) from New Guinea |
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| Authors: | THERESA CLAY ROGER D. PRICE |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Entomology, British Museum (Natural History), LondonAND;Department of Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The new genus Cavifera is described to include two species, both new– C. abdita and C. senta
The hosts for these are from New Guinea and are believed to belong to the Columbiformes. The females are characterized by having a pair of abdominal tergal sense organs of a type unknown elsewhere in the Mallophaga or possibly in the insects. |
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